Too Opinionated Interview: Kenneth Lui

Published: July 25, 2023, 3:38 p.m.

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Award-winning filmmaker Kenneth Lui\\u2018s highly-anticipated crime comedy ARTISTS IN AGONY, will hit VOD platforms worldwide July 21 from Global Digital Releasing.

ARTISTS IN AGONY features recently discovered footage revealing how four famous hitmen died at the infamous Coda Teahouse Massacre. \\u2014Frosty (the new father), Lucien Mercy (the stay-at-home mom), Red Rick (the romantic), and his apprentice Lady Faith (the rising star).

Ex-CIA Agent Jonathan Sully guides us through the footage, suspecting they were killed by the renowned assassin artist known as Rockstar, considered the greatest hitman who ever lived.

Says writer-director Kenneth Lui, \\u201cI was cheering up a friend who was getting over a breakup and out of the blue he asked if I could create a project where he could, \\u201cLook cool shooting bad guys.\\u201d When I pictured my friend shooting bad guys, the shot was handheld like in a documentary.\\xa0

The results were hilarious. The idea of regular people talking casually about killing like it was an art was fascinating. I asked them if they\\u2019d commit to finishing arcs in a project where they\\u2019d play hitmen. They foolishly agreed. The interviews proved to me that shooting this subject matter in a documentary/cin\\xe9ma-v\\xe9rit\\xe9 style would work great in a satire.\\xa0

The result is our first feature film, ARTISTS IN AGONY: Hitmen at the Coda Teahouse, an absurdly violent mockumentary that follows 4 foolish hitmen to their deaths and the hijinks of how it happened. It\\u2019s a satirical crime expos\\xe9 with its tongue firmly in its cheek.\\u201d

Lui works as a professional editor for social media and commercials and as a visual effects artist on major motion pictures for Marvel and DC such as Captain America: Civil War, Batman V Superman, and Guardians of the Galaxy.

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